UTC+6

UTC+06:00

UTC+06:00

Identifier for a time offset from UTC of +6

UTC+06:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +06:00. This time is used in:

Quick Facts Current time, Central meridian ...
UTC+06:00 – 2010: blue (December), orange (June), yellow (year-round), light blue (sea areas)
Time in Russia
  KALT Kaliningrad Time UTC+2 (MSK−1)
  MSK Moscow Time UTC+3 (MSK±0)
  SAMT Samara Time UTC+4 (MSK+1)
  YEKT Yekaterinburg Time UTC+5 (MSK+2)
  OMST Omsk Time UTC+6 (MSK+3)
  KRAT Krasnoyarsk Time UTC+7 (MSK+4)
  IRKT Irkutsk Time UTC+8 (MSK+5)
  YAKT Yakutsk Time UTC+9 (MSK+6)
  VLAT Vladivostok Time UTC+10 (MSK+7)
  MAGT Magadan Time UTC+11 (MSK+8)
  PETT Kamchatka Time UTC+12 (MSK+9)
Xinjiang Time (UTC+06:00) is shown at the clock in the right

As standard time (year-round)

Principal cities: Chittagong, Dhaka, Omsk, Thimphu,

South Asia

Indian Ocean

Central Asia

North Asia

Antarctica

Discrepancies between official UTC+06:00 and geographical UTC+06:00

Areas within UTC+06:00 longitudes using other time zones

Using UTC+05:00:

Using UTC+05:30:

Using UTC+05:45:

  • Most of Nepal, with its capital city Kathmandu

Using UTC+06:30:

Using UTC+07:00:

Using UTC+08:00:

Areas outside UTC+06:00 longitudes using UTC+06:00 time

Areas between 52°30' E and 67°30' E ("physical" UTC+04:00)

Areas between 67°30′ E and 82°30′ E ("physical" UTC+05:00)

  • Kyrgyzstan
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Russia
    • Omsk Oblast
  • Kazakhstan, most parts of its territories:
    • Shymkent
    • Turkistan
    • Karaganda
    • North Kazakhstan
    • Akmola, with its nation's capital Nur-Sultan

Use in Xinjiang

Main article: Xinjiang Time

In Xinjiang, China, this time offset is known as the Xinjiang Time or Urumqi Time (Uyghur: شىنجاڭ ۋاقتى). It is set due to its geographical location in the westernmost part of China. It has been approved by Chinese authorities for civil purposes since February 1986, although the decision had been rejected by the local ethnic Han population and some Han-dominated regional governments.

According to Human Rights Watch, a Uyghur man was arrested and detained by Chinese authorities in 2018 over "terrorist charges" for setting his watch to Xinjiang Time.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Russia Time Zone Map". WorldTimeZone.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. [2]
    Alexandra Ma (September 9, 2018). "China reportedly detained a man on terrorist charges because he set his watch 2 hours behind Beijing time". Business Insider.
  • Media related to UTC+06:00 at Wikimedia Commons
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